-- NAWBO honors OfficeMax's contributions to the advancement of women-owned businesses nationwide --
"We are proud to receive this distinction and value the mutually beneficial partnership we have established with NAWBO," said
NAWBO will present the award to OfficeMax at NAWBO's annual Women's Business Conference in
NAWBO expects more than 400 women business-owners to attend this year's conference. The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is the unified voice of America's more than 10 million women-owned businesses representing the fastest growing segment of the market.
This is the fourth industry award OfficeMax has earned in recent months. OfficeMax has been recognized for its commitment to helping its customers achieve a better bottom line and to date has received three industry awards for outstanding service. In April, The University Health System Consortium (UHC) and Novation, the healthcare industry's leading contracting services company, awarded OfficeMax the 2009 UHC Service Excellence Supplier of the Year Award. In May, OfficeMax received the Ariba Spend Management Excellence Award in the Supplier Network Pioneer category and was named the 2009 Supply Partner of the Year by Educational & Institutional Cooperative Purchasing (E&I).
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OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) is a leader in both business-to- business office products solutions and retail office products. The OfficeMax mission is simple. We help our customers do their best work. The company provides office supplies and paper, in-store print and document services through OfficeMax ImPress(R), technology products and solutions, and furniture to consumers and to large, medium and small businesses. OfficeMax customers are served by more than 30,000 associates through direct sales, catalogs, e-commerce and more than 1,000 stores. To find the nearest OfficeMax, call 1-877-OFFICEMAX. For more information, visit http://www.officemax.com/.
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